Sarah Goldstein, an employment partner at Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, told InsideCounsel that yesterday’s decision “will no doubt yield a positive result for those employers involved in class action lawsuits over their meal period policies. If an employer’s meal break policy is compliant under Brinker, and employers do not require employees to take their meal period, then there should be sufficient individualized issues concerning missed meal periods to make a strong argument against certification.”